Christian Hymns ‎#113

113. Forever with the Lord!

1 Forever with the Lord!
Amen! so let it be!
Life from the dead is in that word,
And immortality.

2 Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.

3 My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul, how near
At times, to faith's foreseeing eye,
The golden gates appear.

4 Ah! then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above!

5 Then, then I feel that He,
Remembered or forgot,
The Lord, is never far from me,
Though I perceive Him not.

6 So when my latest breath
Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.

Text Information

• First Line: Forever with the Lord!
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1898
• Topic: God the Father: Desire For; Heaven; Heavenly-Mindedness; Sickness, Death, and Burial
• Notes: J. Montgomery, 1835.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. BRIDE
• Composer: Dr. S. Howard, d. 1782
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: g minor